[justakid88]

so i will going to england/uk on sunday!
first time
i know i could look up on sites but just wanted your guys opinion and say

so aside from big ben and stonehenge and those guys who dont flinch
what else is there to visit?
good places to eat for a good price? cuz our dollar is pretty weak lol
and also is it cold? ive been checking the weather and its been saying its raining and around the 70's
and hows that tunnel that goes under water to france. weve been to france b4 but never that underwater train thing..
seems a bit scary lol

thanks guys

[zltm089]

no....London is quite warm atm...my car feels slow in the hot weather!...

go to covent garden, leicester sq etc...

check out toptable.co.uk for restaurants...

[E92Fan]

Loads of things to see and do in London -

1) Take the river boat from Westminster to Greenwich - takes you along the River Thames and you see a side of London that most people miss. Greenwich is a lovely place to go wander around
2) Camden Market (Camden underground station)
3) Natural History Museum and Science Museum (next to each other - South Kensington underground station)
4) Harrods (UK's most prestigious department store, like Bloomingdale's in NYC)
5) Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square (in the evening, for the buzz and bars everywhere)
6) Covent Garden
7) Buckingham Palace, St James' Park
8) London Eye
9) Trafalgar Square
10) Take an open-top tour bus around London - you'll see a lot that you wouldn't normally get to
11) Oxford Street, Bond Street, Regent Street for shopping

As the poster above says, look at toptable.co.uk for ideas on restaurants. Also check out squaremeal.co.uk



Outside London (in order of my own personal preference) -

1) Stonehenge
2) Brighton
3) Windsor and Windsor Castle
4) Bath
5) Edinburgh (Scotland)
6) Lake District
7) York (north of the country)
8) Stratford-upon-Avon (Shakespeare's home)

[- Paul -]

OP are you only visiting London? There is more to the country than that!

[ibanezking]

Originally Posted by - Paul -

OP are you only visiting London? There is more to the country than that!

The bleedin Cockneys don't think so....................

[Boyd1963]

National Gallery - Trafalgar Square
Tate Modern - Bankside (Load of Jackson Pollocks)

[creepy coupe]

Just a walk around Covent Garden, soak up the atmos will take a good couple a three hours.

[Carjack]

Originally Posted by - Paul -

OP are you only visiting London? There is more to the country than that!

Is there?

[dxb335d]

The under water train leaks sometimes, so don't wear your best clothes.

[creepy coupe]

Originally Posted by - Paul -

OP are you only visiting London? There is more to the country than that!

Yes but we don't what him to go home thinking, we're all Whippets and flat caps- do we.

[Jon D]

Originally Posted by dxb335d

The under water train leaks sometimes, so don't wear your best clothes.

I always take my scuba gear - just in case...
It's also reassuring to have breathing apparatus to hand when the train bursts into flames!

[JLR1969]

Originally Posted by dxb335d

The under water train leaks sometimes, so don't wear your best clothes.

That made me laugh Carl

[justakid88]

Originally Posted by creepy coupe

Yes but we don't what him to go home thinking, we're all Whippets and flat caps- do we.

whippets and flat caps? ahahahha sounds funny but along with cockneys idk what that is lol

Originally Posted by ibanezking

The bleedin Cockneys don't think so....................

whhaaat?

Originally Posted by - Paul -

OP are you only visiting London? There is more to the country than that!

no idk where u got that from?

Originally Posted by E92Fan

Loads of things to see and do in London -

1) Take the river boat from Westminster to Greenwich - takes you along the River Thames and you see a side of London that most people miss. Greenwich is a lovely place to go wander around
2) Camden Market (Camden underground station)
3) Natural History Museum and Science Museum (next to each other - South Kensington underground station)
4) Harrods (UK's most prestigious department store, like Bloomingdale's in NYC)
5) Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square (in the evening, for the buzz and bars everywhere)
6) Covent Garden
7) Buckingham Palace, St James' Park
8) London Eye
9) Trafalgar Square
10) Take an open-top tour bus around London - you'll see a lot that you wouldn't normally get to
11) Oxford Street, Bond Street, Regent Street for shopping

As the poster above says, look at toptable.co.uk for ideas on restaurants. Also check out squaremeal.co.uk



Outside London (in order of my own personal preference) -

1) Stonehenge
2) Brighton
3) Windsor and Windsor Castle
4) Bath
5) Edinburgh (Scotland)
6) Lake District
7) York (north of the country)
8) Stratford-upon-Avon (Shakespeare's home)

thanks
do u guys also use yelp tho?
i hope there are alot of good fish and chips lol
there was one close to my house b4 but now there gone

[themetz]

Originally Posted by justakid88

i hope there are alot of good fish and chips lol
there was one close to my house b4 but now there gone

The Marlboro Restaurant in Weymouth is the best fish and chip shop in the world (imho, of course!)

[DrunkenMonkey]

Originally Posted by themetz

The Marlboro Restaurant in Weymouth is the best fish and chip shop in the world (imho, of course!)

for me its Sea Shell near Maida Vale

http://www.seashellrestaurant.co.uk/

[willhollin]

Gotta be Whitby for Fish n Chips.

[Boyd1963]

These aren't too shabby.


http://www.crabatchieveley.com/

http://west-beach.co.uk/

but not really handy for London

[zltm089]

Originally Posted by DrunkenMonkey

for me its Sea Shell near Maida Vale

http://www.seashellrestaurant.co.uk/

never seen this one before....might giv it a try...


I had some steak and lobster at The Palm restaurant in knightsbridge which wasn't too bad...

[willhollin]

Damn i'm hungry now.

[KadeSdad]

Spearmint Rhino?

[SoYank]

Originally Posted by willhollin

Gotta be Whitby for Fish n Chips.

Ya know, Will, the worst fish and chips I ever ate in England was in Whitby.

OP, alongside what Tony (E92fan) stated, downstream from Greenwich is the Thames Barrier which is rather interesting.

My favourite places to take visitors in London are:
Tower of London
Tower Bridge - take the tour, it's worth it. Also, stand midspan straddling the gap between the bascules until a heavy lorry drives by.
St Paul's Cathedral - climb the stairs to the galleries.
Millenium Bridge
British Museum - the Elgin Marbles, Isle of Lewis Chessmen, Rosetta Stone, mummies (no daddies).
If you have time the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington.
Antique market at Portobello Road (Saturday's very busy but also the best time to go).

If you like Tex-Mex, there's the Texas Embassy Cantina at 1 Oceania House on Cockspur Lane near Trafalgar Square. It's the same building as the Canadian Embassy and used to be the Head Offices of The White Star Line of RMS Titanic fame.

Outside of London:

Leeds Castle, Maidstone
Dover Castle, Dover. Tour "Hellfire Corner" if you're interested in Operation Dynamo, the Dunkirk evacuation in May 1940.
Winchester Cathedral (the building, not the song)
Salisbury Cathedral.
Old Sarum
Stonehenge
Portsmouth. There is the HMS Victory, HMS Warrior (iron framed warship predates Merrimack and Monitor), HMS Mary Rose (King Henry VIII's naval flagship).

Further west:

Bristol (SS Great Britain); Clifton Gorge Suspension Bridge designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunnel (as was SS Great Britain, btw)
Bath
Wells Cathedral
Glastonbury Cathedral, Glastonbury Tor
Cheddar Gorge
Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton
Plymouth (think Pilgrims)
Tamar Bridge, Saltash
Eden Project, St. Austel
Tintagel, Cornwall (King Arthur's Castle, Oldest Post Office in England)
Land's End
Goonhilly Earth Station, Goonhilly Downs

OK, that should keep you occupied for a couple of hours.

[Teutonicdriver]

Seaton Carew
Barnsley
Rotherham
Hull
Wigan
Middlesbrough
Hartlepool
All worth a visit!